thaumaturgy
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There is a lot to experiment with in terms of skills, thaumaturgy and just generally a world driven by massive interactivity and hugely dynamic systems rather than rigid, mechanical ones.
From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2012
Even without thaumaturgy a table or a door can make the difference between life and death, even a chair.
From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2012
Then there’s the environment, thaumaturgy and everything else.
From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2012
Golemetry, cut loose from the traditional constraints of mud, dust or sand, is also a notable branch of thaumaturgy in China Miéville's rebellious, seething New Crobuzon and its environs.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
The prosy bluntness with which the incidents of this strange story are treated as matter of fact, is scarcely less remarkable than the immorality which substitutes mere thaumaturgy for the finer instincts of humanity.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
